by Tom Goreau | Mar 24, 2024
Sediment dredging is killing corals and must stop during bleaching events Caption: Coral reef sediment dredging in the Maldives, seen in this satellite image, leaves long plumes of fine sediments that smother and eventually kill corals. The plume, larger than most...
by Tom Goreau | Mar 8, 2024
Great Barrier Reef bleaches again, as predicted, but continues exporting corals The Coral Bleaching HotSpot prediction method, developed by the Global Coral Reef Alliance in the 1980s, has projected every major bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef. We warned a...
by Tom Goreau | Jan 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 2023 record marine heat waves: Coral Bleaching HotSpot maps reveal global sea surface temperature extremes, coral mortality, and ocean circulation change Thomas J. F. Goreau & Raymond L. Hayes The manuscript is a non-peer reviewed preprint...
by Tom Goreau | Oct 14, 2023
October 13, 2023 Negril, Jamaica LARGEST, HOTTEST, LONGEST CARIBBEAN BLEACHING: CORALS DYING FROM EXTREME HEAT Reanne McKenzie Executive Director, Negril Environmental Protection Trust Jean Brown, President, Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society Thomas J. F. Goreau,...
by Tom Goreau | Sep 23, 2023
Above is the latest NOAA Coral Bleaching HotSpot Map based on the Goreau-Hayes method of satellite sea surface temperature analysis. In round numbers, corals in yellow areas will bleach in about a month, while corals in orange areas will die in around a month. The...
